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Immigration Services (USCIS), has 

submitted the following information 

collection request for review and 

clearance in accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The 

information collection is published to 

obtain comments from the public and 

affected agencies. Comments are 

encouraged and will be accepted for 

sixty days until June 4, 2007. 

Written comments and suggestions 

regarding items contained in this notice, 

and especially with regard to the 

estimated public burden and associated 

response time should be directed to the 

Department of Homeland Security 

(DHS), USCIS, Chief, Regulatory 

Management Division, Clearance Office, 

111 Massachusetts Avenue, NW., 3rd 

Floor, Suite 3008, Washington, DC 

20529. Comments may also be 

submitted to DHS via facsimile to 202–

272–8352, or via e-mail at 

rfs.regs@dhs.gov. When submitting 

comments by e-mail, add the OMB 

Control Number 1615–0092 in the 

subject box. 

Written comments and suggestions 

from the public and affected agencies 

concerning the collection of information 

should address one or more of the 

following four points: 

(1) Evaluate whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the agency, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; 

(2) Evaluate the accuracy of the 

agencies estimate of the burden of the 

proposed collection of information, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; 

(3) Enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and 

(4) Minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on those who 

are to respond, including through the 

use of appropriate automated, 

electronic, mechanical, or other 

technological collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology, 

e.g., permitting electronic submission of 

responses. 

Overview of This Information 

Collection 

(1) Type of Information Collection: 

Extension of a currently approved 

information collection. 

(2) Title of the Form/Collection: 

Memorandum of Understanding to 

Participate in the Basic Pilot 

Employment Eligibility Program; Verify 

Employment Eligibility Status. 

(3) Agency form number, if any, and 

the applicable component of the 

Department of Homeland Security 

sponsoring the collection: No Agency 

Form Number; File OMB–18. U.S. 

Citizenship and Immigration Services. 

(4) Affected public who will be asked 

or required to respond, as well as a brief 

abstract: Primary: Business or other for 

profit. The Basic Pilot Program allows 

employers to electronically verify the 

employment eligibility status of newly 

hired employees. 

(5) An estimate of the total number of 

respondents and the amount of time 

estimated for an average respondent to 

respond: 40,000 MOU’s at 2.333 (2 

hours and 20 minutes) per response; 

40,000 employers registering to 

participate in the program at .166 (10 

minutes) per response; 4,000,000 initial 

queries at .05 (3 minutes) per response; 

40,000 secondary queries at .333 (20 

minutes) per response. 

(6) An estimate of the total public 

burden (in hours) associated with the 

collection: 313,279 annual burden 

hours. 

If you have additional comments, 

suggestions, or need a copy of the 

information collection instrument, 

please contact Richard A. Sloan, Chief, 

Regulatory Management Division, U.S. 

Citizenship and Immigration Services, 

111 Massachusetts Avenue, NW., 3rd 

Floor, Suite 3008, Washington, DC 

20529; 202–272–8377. 

Dated: April 2, 2007. 

Stephen Tarragon, 

Deputy Chief, Regulatory Management 

Division, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration 

Services, Department of Homeland Security. 

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BILLING CODE 4410–10–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–5030–N–30] 

Announcement of Funding Awards for 

Resident Opportunities and SelfSufficiency Elderly/Persons With 

Disabilities Program for Fiscal Year 

2006 

AGENCY: Office of Public and Indian 

Housing, HUD. 

ACTION: Announcement of funding 

awards. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with Section 

102(a)(4)(C) of the Department of 

Housing and Urban Development 

Reform Act of 1989, this announcement 

notifies the public of funding decisions 

made by the Department for funding 

under the FY 2006 (FY2006) Notice of 

Funding Availability (NOFA) for the 

Resident Opportunities and SelfSufficiency Elderly/Persons with 

Disabilities Program funding for 

FY2006. This announcement contains 

the consolidated names and addresses 

of those award recipients selected for 

funding based on the rating and ranking 

of all applications and the allocation of 

funding available for each state. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

questions concerning the FY2006 ROSS 

Elderly/Persons With Disabilities 

awards, contact the Office of Public and 

Indian Housing’s Grants Management 

Center, Director, Iredia Hutchinson, 

Department of Housing and Urban 

Development, Washington, DC, 

telephone (202) 358–0221. For the 

hearing or speech impaired, these 

numbers may be accessed via TTY (text 

telephone) by calling the Federal 

Information Relay Service at (800) 877–

8339. (Other than the ‘‘800’’ TTY 

number, these telephone numbers are 

not toll-free.) 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

authority for the $10,000,000 in oneyear budget authority for ROSS Elderly/ 

Persons with Disabilities program 

coordinators is found in the 

Departments of Veterans Affairs and 

Housing and Urban Development, and 

Independent Agencies Appropriations 

Act, FY2004 (Pub. L. 108). The 

allocation of housing assistance budget 

authority is pursuant to the provisions 

of 24 CFR 791, subpart D, implementing 

section 213 (d) of the Housing and 

Community Development Act of 1974, 

as amended. 

This program is intended to promote 

the development of local strategies to 

coordinate the use of assistance under 

the ROSS program with public and 

private resources to enable participating 

families to achieve economic 

independence and self-sufficiency. A 

Public and Indian Housing Program 

Coordinator assures that program 

participants are linked to the supportive 

services they need to achieve selfsufficiency. 

The FY2006 awards announced in 

this Notice were selected for funding in 

a competition announced in a Federal 

Register NOFA published on March 8, 

2006 (71 FR 11913). Applications were 

scored based on the selection criteria in 

that Notice and funding selections made 

based on the rating and ranking of 

applications within each state. 

In accordance with Section 

102(a)(4)(C) of the Department of 

Housing and Urban Development 

Reform Act of 1989 (103 Stat. 1987, 42 

U.S.C. 3545), the Department is 

publishing the names, addresses, and 

amounts of the 33 awards made under 

the ROSS Elderly/Persons with 

Disabilities Program competition. 


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Dated: March 6, 2007. 

Orlando J. Cabrera, 

Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian 

Housing. 

APPENDIX A—FISCAL YEAR 2006 FUNDING AWARDS FOR THE ROSS ELDERLY/PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES PROGRAM

Mobile Housing Board ........................... 151 South Claiborne Street .................. Mobile ................... AL 36602 $350,000 

Lutheran Social Ministry of the Southwest.5049 East Broadway, Suite 102 ........... Tucson .................. AZ 85711 375,000 

The Housing Authority of the County of 

Los Angeles.

2 Coral Circle ........................................ Monterey Park ...... CA 91755 350,000 

Atlanta Regional Commission ............... 40 Courtland Street, Northeast ............. Atlanta ................... GA 30303 375,000

Housing and Community Development 

Corporation of Hawaii.

677 Queen Street, Suite 300 ................ Honolulu ................ HI 96813 388,522 

Chicago Housing Authority .................... 626 West Jackson Street ...................... Chicago ................. IL 60661 300,000 

The Housing Authority of the City of 

New Albany, Indiana.

Post Office Box 11 ................................ New Albany ........... IN 47150 350,000 

City of Wichita Housing Authority ......... 332 North Riverview .............................. Wichita .................. KS 67203 240,000 

Housing Authority of Catlettsburg ......... 210 24th Street ..................................... Catlettsburg ........... KY 41129 110,708 

Housing Authority of Corbin .................. 1336 Madison Street ............................. Corbin ................... KY 40701 207,324 

Grand Rapids Housing Commission ..... 1420 Fuller Avenue, Southeast ............ Grand Rapids ........ MI 49507 164,734 

Housing Authority of St. Louis Park ...... 5005 Minnetonka Boulevard ................. St. Louis Park ....... MN 55416 210,627 

Natchez Housing Authority .................... 2 Auburn Avenue .................................. Natchez ................. MS 39120 250,000 

Public Housing Authority of Butte ......... 220 Curtis Street ................................... Butte ...................... MT 59701 98,500 

Gastonia Housing Authority .................. P.O. 2398, 340 West Long Avenue ...... Gastonia ................ NC 28053–2398 250,000 

Dover Housing Authority ....................... 62 Whittier Street .................................. Dover .................... NH 03820–2994 269,362 

Garfield Housing Authority .................... 71 Daniel P. Conti Court ....................... Garfield ................. NJ 7026 350,000 

Housing Authority of Gloucester County 100 Pop Moylan Boulevard ................... Deptford ................ NJ 8096 76,066 

Housing Authority of the Township of 

Woodbridge.

20 Bunns Lane ...................................... Woodbridge ........... NJ 7095 350,000 

Catholic Family Center .......................... 87 North Clinton Avenue ....................... Rochester .............. NY 14604 375,000 

Ithaca Housing Authority ....................... 800 South Plain Street .......................... Ithaca .................... NY 14850 333,640 

White Plains Housing Authority ............. 223 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard.White Plains .......... NY 10601 225,000 

Columbiana Metropolitan Housing Authority.325 Moore Street .................................. East Liverpool ....... OH 43920 350,000 

Stark Metropolitan Housing Authority ... 400 Tuscarawas Street East ................. Canton .................. OH 44702–1131 272,487 

Mercer County Housing Authority ......... 80 Jefferson Avenue ............................. Sharon .................. PA 16146 240,000 

City of San Marcos Housing Authority .. 1201 Thorpe Lane ................................. San Marcos ........... TX 78666 207,311 

Housing Authority of the City of El 

Paso.

5300 Paisano Drive ............................... El Paso ................. TX 79905 450,000 

Bennington Housing Authority ............... 22 Willowbrook Drive ............................ Bennington ............ VT 05201–1773 250,000 

Rutland Housing Authority .................... 5 Tremont Street ................................... Rutland .................. VT 05701 248,750 

Neighborhood House ............................ 905 Spruce Street, Suite 200 ............... Seattle ................... WA 98104 125,000 

Neighborhood House ............................ 905 Spruce Street ................................. Seattle ................... WA 98104 250,000 

Friends of Housing Corporation ............ 9141 West Lisbon Avenue .................... Milwaukee ............. WI 53222 375,000 

Wheeling Housing Authority .................. Box 2089 11 Community Street ............ Wheeling ............... WV 26003 239,160 

[FR Doc. E7–6391 Filed 4–4–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4210–67–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–4837–D–62] 

Delegation of Authority to Regional 

Directors To Waive Certain Handbook 

and Directives Provisions 

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, HUD. 

ACTION: Notice of delegation of authority 

to regional directors in the HUD 

regional offices. 

SUMMARY: In this notice, the Secretary 

delegates to the Regional Directors the 

authority to waive certain HUD 

handbook provisions and directives and 

announces the procedures that will 

govern these waivers. Specifically, the 

delegation provides Regional Directors 

with concurrent authority to waive 

certain HUD handbook provisions and 

directives. Currently, the Regional 

Directors are located in Region I 

(Boston, MA); Region II (New York, NY); 

Region III (Philadelphia, PA); Region IV 

(Atlanta, GA); Region V (Chicago, IL); 

Region VI (Fort Worth, TX); Region VII 

(Kansas City, KS); Region VIII (Denver, 

CO); Region IX (San Francisco, CA); and 

Region X (Seattle, WA). 

Any waiver of HUD handbook 

provisions and directives made in the 

field must be in writing and must 

specify the grounds for granting it. All 

waiver decisions by a Regional Director 

in the Office of Field Policy and 

Management must be jointly concurred 

in by the appropriate regional program 

director or Assistant Secretary. In 

addition, the Department will make 

available for public inspection, for at 

least a 3-year period, a record of all 

waivers of HUD handbook provisions 

and directives. 

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 30, 2007. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Aaron Santa Anna, Assistant General 

Counsel for Regulations, Office of 

Legislation and Regulations, Office of 

General Counsel, Department of 

Housing and Urban Development, 451 

Seventh Street, SW., Room 10276, 

Washington, DC 20410; telephone 

number (202) 708–3055 or Mark Borum, 

Field Management Officer, Office of 

Field Policy and Management, 

Department of Housing and Urban 

Development, 451 Seventh Street, SW., 

Room 7122, Washington, DC 20410; 

telephone number (202) 708–1123. 

(These are not toll-free numbers.) These 


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